“For the coming year, let’s begin with ACA’s vision: Every person has access to quality professional counseling to thrive. Building on this, my personal vision for ACA is to be the professional home for every counselor from every program and from every nation.”
Category: From the President
A s I close in on serving for nearly a year as the president of the American Counseling Association, I would like to share with you some of the things I have learned about our profession and our association during this journey. Counselors are adaptable and experts in crisis. This
I f you had asked me what I was looking forward to in the spring of 2020, I would have said, without a doubt, the ACA Conference & Expo in San Diego. As you know by this point, in mid-March our Governing Council made the difficult decision to cancel the
We need to promote help-seeking by continuously raising awareness about mental health and wellness and the important work that counselors do.
O ne of my favorite things about being ACA president is the opportunity I am given to meet our members and learn more about their work. The topic of military mental health is rightly receiving increased attention. This month, I want to highlight three ACA members whom I have become
T his month’s Counseling Today cover story is about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive behaviors. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, these behaviors occur across the life span for about 1 in 100 adults and may be as common in children as diabetes (see tinyurl.com/NIMHOCDInfo ). I have
Happy New Year! The end of the old year and the beginning of the new one is often a time for reflection, review and goal setting. Counselors are experts at helping their clients to develop and achieve their goals. We know that the goals with the best chances for success
December is here, a time of year (along with the months of May and August) when many colleges and universities hold commencement. The prospect of completing a hard-earned master’s or doctoral degree in counseling is both awesome and daunting. Rightly, graduates are proud of the time and personal and financial
By definition, counselors are agents of change. We are called upon, via our ethical codes, competencies, and personal vision, to advocate for and with our clients and communities. We are a mission-based profession.
The vision of the American Counseling Association is that “Every person has access to quality professional counseling to thrive.” Our organization’s mission is to “Promote the professional development of counselors, advocate for the profession, and ensure ethical, culturally inclusive practices that protect those using counseling services.” You might be interested